Which Legislative District does Liz Lovelett represent?

Liz Lovelett is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 40th Legislative District.

How often does Liz Lovelett break with their party?

Across 5,378 recorded floor votes we hold, Liz Lovelett voted against the majority of their own party 109 times. That count is a description of the record, not a measure of independence — the record does not say why any single vote diverged.

How many bills has Liz Lovelett sponsored?

Liz Lovelett has prime-sponsored 85 bills, of which 18 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 18 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.

How long has Liz Lovelett served in the Legislature?

Liz Lovelett appears in the member roster for 2 biennia, most recently 2025-26. This counts biennia on record, not continuous years.

How many state legislators represent each Washington district?

Three — one state senator and two state representatives, elected to Position 1 and Position 2. All three represent the same geography; the positions are not sub-areas.

When are Washington legislative elections held?

In even-numbered years. All 98 House seats are up every two years; Senate seats run on staggered four-year terms.

State Senator Liz Lovelett – Washington Independents

01

Says vs does

What this member said while seeking the office, set against how they voted once they held it. We state only whether the two records differ — never why.

No stated positions have been collected for this member yet. This comparison needs a quote with a citation — a candidate guide, a town hall transcript, a floor video — found and recorded by a person. There is no feed of things politicians said, so an empty section here means nobody has done that reading, not that the member has never contradicted themselves and not that they have.

Last checked 2026-09-16

02

Voting record

Recorded floor votes across every session we hold. Committee votes are not included — those are recorded per committee, not per member.

5,378

recorded votes

5,018

yea

291

nay

69

absent or excused

Recorded floor votes, most recent first
Date	Bill	Subject	Motion	This member	Roll call
2026-03-12	ESHB 1295	Reading and writing literacy	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	48–1
2026-03-12	ESHB 1408	Community authority funding	Final Passage without Senate Amendments	YEA	49–0
2026-03-12	E2SHB 2215	Fuels/climate commitment act	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	49–0
2026-03-12	ESSB 6005	Transportation budget, supp.	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	YEA	49–0
2026-03-12	SSB 6003	Capital budget, supplemental	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2026-03-12	ESSB 5998	Operating budget, supp.	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	YEA	28–21
2026-03-12	SSB 6225	Transportation funding bonds	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2026-03-12	ESB 6228	Prescription drugs/taxes	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	26–23
2026-03-12	ESSB 6260	Public education funding	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	26–23
2026-03-12	ESB 6347	Estate tax rates	Final Passage as Amended by the House	NAY against party majority	39–10
2026-03-12	SSB 6355	Electric transmission system	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	32–17
2026-03-12	ESSB 6354	Electric vehicles	Final Passage as Amended by the House	NAY against party majority	47–2
2026-03-12	SGA 9070	ROBERT H. MALTE	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-12	SGA 9075	ROBERT DECOTEAU	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-12	SGA 9091	STEPHANIE J. BARDIN	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-12	SGA 9094	HUEY YU	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-12	SGA 9171	ELISA K. GRACEFFO	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-11	SHB 2089	Taxes on loan interest	3rd Reading & Final Passage	YEA	27–21
2026-03-11	EHB 2487	Insurer taxes	3rd Reading & Final Passage	YEA	27–22
2026-03-11	EHB 2681	Cannabis license fees	3rd Reading & Final Passage	YEA	29–20
2026-03-11	SHB 2689	Working connect. child care	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	33–16
2026-03-11	ESHB 2711	Transportation resources	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	33–15
2026-03-11	ESSB 6346	Tax on millionaires	Concur in House amendment(s)	YEA	27–21
2026-03-11	ESSB 6346	Tax on millionaires	Final Passage As Amended by the House	YEA	27–21
2026-03-11	SGA 9050	ROBERT A. ZAPPONE	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–0
2026-03-11	SGA 9066	MEGAN MATTHEWS	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	45–2
2026-03-11	SGA 9172	DENISE E. GIDEON	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-11	SGA 9180	ADRIA BUCHANAN	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-11	SGA 9204	MICHELLE R. SMITH	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-11	SGA 9227	EDISON A. VALERIO	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	48–0
2026-03-10	E2SHB 2325	Tourism assessment	Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	43–5
2026-03-10	E2SSB 5847	Workers' comp. medical care	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	30–19
2026-03-10	SSB 5982	Consumer-owned utilities	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	30–19
2026-03-10	ESSB 6002	Driver privacy	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	39–10
2026-03-10	E2SSB 6026	Residential dev./zones	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	35–14
2026-03-10	E2SSB 6027	Affordable housing funding	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	30–19
2026-03-10	2SSB 6035	Voting services	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	29–19
2026-03-10	SSB 6034	Office of Indian affairs	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2026-03-10	SSB 6054	Wildfire home hardening/CICs	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	47–0
2026-03-10	ESB 6058	Wage enforcement discretion	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–1

Showing the 40 most recent of 5,378 recorded votes. Each tally links to the roll call itself, which names every member.

The tally is what the chamber recorded, not a verdict. Final passage needs a majority of the members elected, an amendment a majority of those voting, and some motions two-thirds; which rule governed a given motion is not in the record we hold.

Votes against their own party’s majority

109

of 5,378 recorded votes went against the majority of Democratic colleagues

Counted only where their party had a clear majority on that roll call. A tied party is not a position to diverge from.

Votes against the member’s own party majority
Date	Bill	Motion	They voted	Their party
2026-03-12	ESB 6347	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (20-10 yea-nay)
2026-03-12	ESSB 6354	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (28-2 yea-nay)
2026-03-06	2ESHB 1210	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (20-10 yea-nay)
2026-03-06	ESHB 2168	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (24-6 yea-nay)
2026-03-06	SHB 2239	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (28-2 yea-nay)
2026-03-06	SHJM 4001	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2026-03-05	SHB 2525	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2026-03-03	ESSB 6354	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2026-02-28	ESSB 6129	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2026-02-28	ESSB 6231	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (26-4 yea-nay)
2026-02-17	ESSB 5975	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-17	E2SSB 6239	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (17-13 yea-nay)
2026-02-16	ESB 6347	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (19-11 yea-nay)
2026-02-13	SB 5536	Final Passage	Nay	Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-13	2SSB 5968	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2026-02-12	SSB 5729	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (29-1 yea-nay)
2026-02-11	SSB 5346	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (24-6 yea-nay)
2026-02-11	ESB 5872	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2025-04-26	ESHB 1293	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2025-04-26	HB 2039	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (25-4 yea-nay)
2025-04-26	HB 2050	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2025-04-25	2SSB 5786	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (25-4 yea-nay)
2025-04-25	2SSB 5802	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2025-04-19	2SSB 5802	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2025-04-18	ESB 5206	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (22-7 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 109. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 5,378 votes across every session held · key committee votes are not in the archive and are not counted here

03

Bills sponsored — and where they stopped

Bills where this member was the prime sponsor. Co-sponsorship is not included; the record we hold names only the prime sponsor.

85

bills prime-sponsored

18

became law

18

died without a public hearing

Introduced, referred, and the session ended without testimony taken. Ordinary rather than exceptional — 44% of all bills that die in Washington die this way.

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session	Bill	Subject	Outcome	Heard
2025-26	E2SSB 5284	Solid waste management	became law	yes
2025-26	SB 5380	Environmental justice	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5413	Detached ADUs	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5438	Hydrofluorocarbons	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5461	Intensive rural dev. areas	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5519	Ocean vessels/environment	pending	yes
2025-26	ESB 5559	UGA subdivision process	became law	yes
2025-26	SB 5576	Affordable housing funding	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5633	Subdivision of land	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5634	Community solar projects	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5811	Zero-emission vehicle prg.	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5999	Ecosystem services	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6156	Plastics/recycled content	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6174	Textile producers	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6175	Ticket sales	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6238	Oil tanker escort	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6255	Poverty reduction task force	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6279	Wildland urban interface	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6291	On-site wastewater systems	became law	yes
2025-26	SR 8607	Public works board	pending	no
2023-24	SB 5203	Climate change/planning	died	yes
2023-24	ESB 5309	Petroleum transportation/tax	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5310	Workers' comp. providers	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5312	Clean energy/residential	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5334	Affordable housing funding	died	yes
2023-24	ESSB 5371	Orca vessel protection	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5553	Temporary emergency shelters	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5567	Vol. firefighter pensions	died	no
2023-24	SB 5570	Energy efficiency loans	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5612	Cultural access programs/tax	died	no
2023-24	SB 5613	Rural public facilities/tax	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5651	GMA/equity and env. justice	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5688	Public lands/carbon seq.	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5692	Enrichment levy authority	died	no
2023-24	SB 5990	Env. justice/SEPA projects	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5991	Industrial insurance/duties	died	no
2023-24	SB 6005	Solid waste management	died	yes
2023-24	ESSB 6039	Geothermal energy resources	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 6061	Housing development/SEPA	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6185	PTBA governing body members	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6231	Hostile architecture	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5012	Affordable housing funding	died	yes
2021-22	ESB 5328	Mental illness/clubhouses	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5373	Carbon pollution	died	yes
2021-22	2SSB 5396	Farmworker housing/tax	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5415	Energy facil site eval cncl	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5433	Basic food categorical elig.	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5598	Derelict vessel removal	died	yes
2021-22	2SSB 5619	Kelp & eelgrass conservation	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5668	Gas companies	died	no
2021-22	SB 5784	Psychologists as attendings	died	yes
2021-22	SSB 5785	Transitional food assistance	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5855	Campaign funds/child care	became law	yes
2021-22	SSB 5862	Commercial energy program	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5971	Comprehensive plan/GMA	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5978	Affordable housing funding	died	no
2021-22	SJM 8009	National biodiversity strat.	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5918	Whale watching guidelines	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5919	San Juan license plate	died	yes
2019-20	ESB 5937	Vehicle lamp colors	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5952	Local infrastructure funding	died	no
2019-20	SSB 5955	DCYF/statewide system	became law	yes
2019-20	ESB 5958	Public works/interlocal	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5975	State forestland moneys	died	no
2019-20	SB 6008	Private road maintenance	died	no
2019-20	SB 6010	Vehicle exhaust system mod.	died	no
2019-20	SB 6054	High hazard facilities/date	died	no
2019-20	SB 6133	Tribal vehicle agreements	died	no
2019-20	SSB 6210	Antifouling paints	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6222	Comm. property/clean energy	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6223	Community solar projects	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6224	Admin. law judge bargaining	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6251	Tribal vehicles compact	died	yes
2019-20	2SSB 6309	WIC fruit & veg. benefit	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6344	School enrichment levies	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6472	Homelessness definitions	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6477	School district levies	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6496	Electrification	died	no
2019-20	2SSB 6528	Derelict vessel prevention	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6533	School district levies	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6569	Local option/vote tabulation	died	no
2019-20	SB 6581	Estate tax rate structure	died	no
2019-20	SB 6595	Condo & HOA dues, value	died	no
2019-20	SB 6677	Transp benefit district fees	died	no
2019-20	SB 6680	Affordable housing funding	died	no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 85 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology
Senate Committee on Local Government
Senate Committee on Transportation

We cannot say which of these they chair. A committee chair decides what gets a hearing, which makes the role the single most consequential fact in this section — and the roster export records membership without it. Every seat above is shown as an equal membership because that is all the record supports.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Source WA Legislature committee membership records · as of 2026-09-16 · seats 3

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Who funds this seat

Campaign finance reported to the Public Disclosure Commission. The record and the PDC share no identifier, so this is a join — on surname, given name, chamber and district for a legislator, and on the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else. Only where one person fits.

$150K

raised, 2024 cycle

$138K

spent

$850

average contribution

Total divided by 176 reported contributors.

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor	City	Amount
Campaign for Tribal Self-Reliance/WA Indian Gaming Assn	Olympia	$2,400
Credit Union Legislative Action Fund	Seatac	$2,400
Justice for All PAC	Seattle	$2,400
Puget Sound Pilots PAC	Seattle	$2,400
WA Charters PAC	Seattle	$2,400
SEIU Healthcare 1199NW	Renton	$2,200
Climate Solutions Action Fund	Seattle	$2,199
DoorDash	San Francisco	$2,100
INVENERGY AMPCI THERMAL POWER LLC	Chicago	$2,000

Individual contributors, by stated employer

Private individuals are not named here unless their own public conduct already makes them a public figure; their giving appears aggregated by the employer they stated. The full itemised record is public at the PDC.

Individual contributors, grouped by stated employer
Employer stated by contributors	Contributors	Amount
Cedar Grove	1	$2,400
No employer stated	5	$12,000

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Liz Lovelett to PDC filer LOVEE 221 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (40) all agree, and because only one person fits. If that is the wrong person, tell us at corrections@washingtonindependents.org and we will unpublish this section while we check — see Corrections.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Spent independently, for and against · not their money

Money spent about this member by committees that are barred by law from coordinating with them. It is not their money, they cannot return it, and it is not in the total above. Spending for someone is not money from them, and the two sides are never subtracted from each other.

Spent supporting
stance filed as “for”
$857
Spent opposing
stance filed as “against” · not subtracted from the row above
none filed

PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF GREATER WASHINGTON for · $736 · 2024
Fuse Votes for · $120 · 2024

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer LOVEE 221 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 6 independent-expenditure filings name this candidate id · note independent expenditures are joined on the PDC candidate id, not on a name; they are a separate ledger, never netted against each other and never added to the committee’s own total

06

How the seat was won

Every certified general election this member won, from the Secretary of State canvass. The canvass names winners by printed name and the Legislature issues member ids, so each row is a stated join of the two records — never a guess.

Certified election wins for State Senator Liz Lovelett
Election	Seat	Contest	Record
November 5, 2019 · special	State Senate seat, Legislative District 40	contested	WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2019
November 3, 2020	State Senate seat, Legislative District 40	contested	WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 5, 2024	State Senate seat, Legislative District 40	contested	WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2024

Sources Secretary of State certified results + PDC candidate filings · as of 2026-09-16 · key joined on surname + given name + chamber + district; refused where more than one member fits · note — = value absent from source export

07

Member response

This page is built from public records, and the member it describes gets space to respond to it.

No response process exists yet. When one does, anything this member sends about this page will be published here verbatim — dated, unedited, and clearly theirs. Nothing has been solicited yet, so the absence of a response here says nothing about the member.

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Connected records

Everything below is a link some document draws for us. Nothing here is our inference. Grouped by how well the record supports it, always in this order, never sorted by interest.

On the record · 23

One document states the relation in its own words.

SITS ON · biennium 2025-26

Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology

Senate committee roster, 2025-26 biennium — WA State Legislature web services · as of 2025-01-01
SITS ON · biennium 2025-26

Senate Committee on Local Government

Senate committee roster, 2025-26 biennium — WA State Legislature web services · as of 2025-01-01
SITS ON · biennium 2025-26

Senate Committee on Transportation

Senate committee roster, 2025-26 biennium — WA State Legislature web services · as of 2025-01-01
SPONSORED · prime

SB 5284 (2025-26) — Solid waste management

SB 5284 as introduced, 2025-26 — bill summary, WA State Legislature · as of 2025-01-15
SPONSORED · prime

SB 5380 (2025-26) — Environmental justice

SB 5380 as introduced, 2025-26 — bill summary, WA State Legislature · as of 2025-01-21
SPONSORED · prime

SB 5413 (2025-26) — Detached ADUs

SB 5413 as introduced, 2025-26 — bill summary, WA State Legislature · as of 2025-01-22
SPONSORED · prime

SB 5438 (2025-26) — Hydrofluorocarbons

SB 5438 as introduced, 2025-26 — bill summary, WA State Legislature · as of 2025-01-22
SPONSORED · prime

SB 5461 (2025-26) — Intensive rural dev. areas

SB 5461 as introduced, 2025-26 — bill summary, WA State Legislature · as of 2025-01-23

Showing 8 of 23. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 3

Two documents joined on a key, and the key is named on every row.

HOLDS SEAT · election 2019-11-05 · certified Elizabeth (Liz) Lovelett

State Senate seat, Legislative District 40

joined on: surname + given name + chamber + district

WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2019 · as of 2019-11-05
HOLDS SEAT · election 2020-11-03 · certified Elizabeth (Liz) Lovelett

State Senate seat, Legislative District 40

joined on: surname + given name + chamber + district

WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020 · as of 2020-11-03
HOLDS SEAT · election 2024-11-05 · certified Elizabeth (Liz) Lovelett

State Senate seat, Legislative District 40

joined on: surname + given name + chamber + district

WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2024 · as of 2024-11-05

Nothing on file

Votes are in the graph but render as vote-history tables above, not as rows here. Testimony and committee referrals are not in the graph yet — no sign-in sheet or chamber journal has been read into an edge for this member, which is not the same as none existing.

Checked 2026-09-16

Source one query on the edge table, grouped by tier · as of 2026-09-16 · edges 23 filed, 3 composite, 0 adjacency · how edges are built

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How to run for this office

This is an office, not a possession. Every seat here is filled by whoever files for it and wins, and the requirements are the same for everyone.

Filing requirements and next election by seat
Seat	Term	Next election	Filing opens
State Senator, District 40	4 years	2028	May 2028

1 form

declaration of candidacy

Filed with the Secretary of State, online or on paper. It states your name as it will appear on the ballot, the office, and that you are qualified.

1 week

the filing window, every May

Monday to Friday, closing at 4:00pm. There is no late filing: miss it and the seat is decided without you.

0

signatures, endorsements, prior offices

You must be a registered voter living in the district on the day you file. That is the entire qualification, and no party is asked about you.

C-1

only once money moves

A campaign committee and PDC reporting are required within two weeks of raising or spending anything. Raise nothing and you file nothing.

What the job is. The Legislature sits for 105 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even ones, and the work does not stop when the session does — committee days, constituent casework and district meetings run through the interim. Someone deciding whether to file needs that more than they need anyone’s opinion of the incumbent.

Reporting follows money, not candidacy. Registering with the Public Disclosure Commission and filing contribution reports is triggered by raising and spending, not by putting your name in. A campaign that stays under the mini-reporting threshold files a short form and nothing more.

We cannot yet tell you what filing costs. The fee is one percent of the office’s annual salary (RCW 29A.24.091 — one percent of the annual salary of the office), which makes it a specific dollar amount rather than a rule — and a page that makes you compute your own filing fee has not told you the filing fee. Legislative salaries are set by the Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials and we do not hold that schedule, so the figure is missing rather than estimated. A candidate who cannot pay it may file a petition of signatures instead.

This section appears on every office page on this site, contested or not, filled or vacant. Its presence is not a comment on whoever holds the seat, and we do not say whether a seat is winnable — that would be a prediction, and this page carries records.

Source Election cycle derived from past regular elections in PDC candidate filings; requirements from RCW 29A.24 — candidate filing · as of 2026-09-16

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What this page will not compute

Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.

What the money bought: Where a filing is matched we show what was raised and from whom. Connecting that to how the member voted would be a causal claim from two records that were never linked, and campaign money is not the only thing that moves a vote.
A complete funding career: Cycles are shown back to 2009. A member who served before that has earlier campaigns we do not hold, so the career total is a floor rather than a lifetime figure.
Employers we cannot see: The employer field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so the bundling table shows employers we can see rather than every one that exists.
Whether a difference was a broken promise: Where a stated position and a vote differ we show both records and say only that they differ. Why is not in either one — an amendment, a procedural vote, or a bill that changed under the member all produce the same pair.
A complete set of statements: Positions are found and cited one at a time by a person. An empty or short list means nobody has done that reading, not that a member has said little.
Advertising: Meta’s ad library and PDC independent expenditures targeting this member are both public and neither is loaded.
What a divergent vote means: We can say a member voted against their party’s majority on a given roll call. Whether that was principle, a local interest, a drafting objection or a trade is not in the record, and the count is not a measure of independence.
Committee influence: Chair and ranking-member roles decide which bills get heard. The roster gives membership without role, so every seat here looks alike.
A member’s response: The design reserves space for one. We have no process yet for soliciting or publishing it, so the section is absent rather than empty.

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Common questions

Which Legislative District does Liz Lovelett represent?: Liz Lovelett is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 40th Legislative District.
How often does Liz Lovelett break with their party?: Across 5,378 recorded floor votes we hold, Liz Lovelett voted against the majority of their own party 109 times. That count is a description of the record, not a measure of independence — the record does not say why any single vote diverged.
How many bills has Liz Lovelett sponsored?: Liz Lovelett has prime-sponsored 85 bills, of which 18 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 18 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Liz Lovelett served in the Legislature?: Liz Lovelett appears in the member roster for 2 biennia, most recently 2025-26. This counts biennia on record, not continuous years.
How many state legislators represent each Washington district?: Three — one state senator and two state representatives, elected to Position 1 and Position 2. All three represent the same geography; the positions are not sub-areas.
When are Washington legislative elections held?: In even-numbered years. All 98 House seats are up every two years; Senate seats run on staggered four-year terms.

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WA Legislature member roster: Name, party, district, chamber and contact details, per session served.
WA Legislature roll call service: Every recorded floor vote. Committee votes are recorded per committee rather than per member and are not included.
Party divergence: Derived, not published by the Legislature. For each roll call we take the majority position of the member’s own party and flag votes against it, counting only roll calls where that party had a clear majority.
WA Legislature legislation records: Prime sponsorship, and each bill’s outcome and hearing status. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold.
Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings: Contributions, expenditures, the largest reported contributors and their stated employers, for every cycle back to 2007. Matched on surname and given name plus chamber and district for a legislator, or the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else — never on name alone — and only published where one person fits. Across the record that resolves 1,938 of 13,879 officials over 3,548 cycles, with 45 refused as ambiguous; the rest say why they did not match.
Not loaded: Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.